There's an (in)famous Psalm about this. People who were never
Christian (or Jewish I suppose) before or never understood it if
they were, misinterpret it all of the time. It's EXACTLY about
this: "9Blessed shall he be who shall seize and dash thine
infants against the rock." and variations of it. From the
earliest readings of it, "the infants" or "the children" being
dashed against the rock refers to killing wicked thoughts just
as they emerge. Not bad for 2500 yr old psychology.